ARTS, BRIEFLY; Million-Dollar Reunion

Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

Published: September 2, 2009

Though you'll never see Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley reunite on this plane of existence, a Broadway show that brings them together may be the next best thing. On Tuesday the producers of the musical ''Million Dollar Quartet'' said they planned to bring their show, based on a 1956 recording session that brought that famous foursome together at Sun Records in Memphis, to Broadway in the spring. Publicists for the musical, which is playing at the Apollo Theater in Chicago, said that the Broadway production would be directed by Eric Schaeffer. Its score comprises songs made famous by those singers, including ''Blue Suede Shoes,'' ''Folsom Prison Blues'' and ''Whole Lotta' Shakin' Goin' On.'' No casting or theater was announced for the Broadway production. ... The wheel in the sky keeps on turning, as does the cast of the 1980s jukebox musical ''Rock of Ages.'' On Tuesday the show's publicists said that Tom Lenk, a recurring actor on the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'' would join the Broadway musical on Sept. 14 in the role of Franz. Mr. Lenk, who previously performed the role in Los Angeles and Las Vegas productions, is replacing Wesley Taylor, who is joining the coming Broadway musical ''The Addams Family.'' They also said that the other principal cast members of ''Rock of Ages,'' including Constantine Maroulis, James Carpinello, Adam Dannheisser, Mitchell Jarvis, Michele Mais and Lauren Molina, had re-signed with the show through next summer.